Getting started with Unity

Unity is a popular game development engine that allows you to create interactive simulations. It is a great tool for to bring realism into your games.

Set up and basic guideline

Given below is a detailed guideline on how to setting up and getting started with Unity.

Download and install Unity

• Download the latest version of Unity hub through the official Unity website.

• Use Unity hub to download and install the latest version of Unity.

Create a new project

• Click on New project in Unity hub.

• Choose either a 2D or 3D project.

• Choose the project name and location.

• Click Create project.

Unity interface

• Once you open the project, you would be able to see the Scene view, Game view, Hierarchy, Inspector, Project and Console panels.

  • All these panels play an essential role in the game development process.

Create a scene

• Go to File > new scene

• Add a new scene

Note: Learn more about how to manage multiple scenes in Unity

Import the asset

Unity supports various types of assets like 3D models, audio files, textures, and more.

• Drag and drop the asset of your choice into the Project panel.

  • You will be able to see the imported asset in the Project panel.

Note: Learn more about importing sounds in how to add audio effects in Unity

GameObjects and components

Every object in Unity is represented as a GameObject.

• To add functionality to the GameObject:

  • Add Component of your choice to the GameObject such as Rigidbody, Colliders, Audio, or even C# scripts to play the automations.

Note: Learn more about adding various components in "onCollisionEnter" not called when the two colliders collide.

Create and configure the C# script

• Create a new C# script in the Assets panel.

• Open the C# script.

  • You can use Visual Studio or any C# IDE for coding.

Note: Learn more on writing a simple C# script to play animations.

Game view

• Open the Game view or click the play button to play the scene.

  • You would be able to see the GameObject in your game view.

Project settings

• Go to Edit > Project Settings

  • You will be able to see a list of settings.

  • You can configure each of the setting according to your project requirements.

• Given below are the details of some important settings.

  • Player settings: It defines the target platform and other specific configurations. You can specify the supported devices, graphics settings, input handling, and other related options.

  • Quality settings: It allows you to set different levels of graphics quality for your game.

  • Scripting settings: You can choose the scripting backend (Mono or IL2CPP), API compatibility level, and assembly definition references.

  • Physics settings: You can control the behavior of physics in your game. You can adjust parameters like gravity, time steps, and collision detection modes to bring realism to your games.

  • Input settings: It allows you to define how user input (keyboard, mouse, and touch) is handled in your game. You can configure input methods to suit your game requirements.

Unity official documentation

You can visit the official Unity documentation to learn more about specific features that it offers.

Demonstration

Continue reading about Unity

• Introduction to collision detection in Unity

• Introduction to game physics in Unity

• How to add player movement in Unity

• What is a shader graph in Unity?